Device for hanging up hats



(NoModL) W. H. STIOHTER,

DEVICE F R HANGING UP HATS. No.269,970. Patented Jan.2,1883.

27252": JJVVEWTOR! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WALTER H. STIOHTER, or POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR HANGING U P HATS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,970, datedJanuary 2,1853.

Application filed October 11, 1882. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, WALTER H'. STICHTER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pottsville, in the county ofSchuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulDevice for Hanging Up Hats,'of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in methods of hanging up hats,particularly those known as stiflf hats; and my object is to provide adevice attached to the hat, by means of which it may be hung up, andthatwill be neat, cheap, and efiective.

I attain my object by means of the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in

which lshow a hat having the sweat-band H, in which there are foureyelets, and through these eyeletsI run a flexible loop, whieh may bemade of ribbon, cord, or any other suitable material. The eyelets X XXX, I arrange as shown, the lower ones being some distance farther apartthan the upper ones. I then run a loop of ribbon or cord through theeyelets, bringing the small looped ends A and B on the outside'of thesweat-band H, as shown.

When the end of the ribbon or cord at Ais pulled down I have aloop whichforms a hanger for the hat,and which can easily be hung on a hook ornail. When it is desired to wear the hat I take holdof theribbon or cordat B and pull it up, It is then out of sight while the hat is beingworn, and, being light and flexible,-does not interferein any way withthe fit of the hat. This device is light, cheap, ornamental, andserviceable, and does away with the use of separate attachments forhanging up hats. It is particularly useful for WALTER H. STIOHTER.

Witnesses: V

JESSE DRUMHELB,

WILLIAM H ALBAOH.

